Autonomy Engineer Intern Fall 2026

Skydio · Defense · San Mateo, CA +1 · R&D

Skydio is seeking interns to contribute to the development of next-generation autonomy algorithms for their autonomous flight systems. The role involves researching, prototyping, and implementing new features, as well as characterizing system performance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Enable rapid research and development of intelligent systems with advanced autonomous capabilities beyond anything that exists in the world today
  2. Research, prototype, and generally assess the feasibility of new approaches
  3. Imagine and then implement new features that unlock magic for our users
  4. Characterize and quantify the performance of core components of the software and hardware stack

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Python
  • motion planning
  • dynamics and controls
  • 3D graphics
  • computer vision
  • deep learning
  • distributed systems
  • tools/infrastructure
  • mobile

Other signals

  • autonomous flight
  • autonomy algorithms
  • intelligent systems
  • advanced autonomous capabilities